Conduct PSM System

PSM(Process Safety Management)

SK hynix prepared [process safety reports] containing plans about management of safety, health and technology data, assessment of risks regarding hazardous and dangerous processes, the securing of perfect safety of facilities and safe operation of facilities, and has implemented them.
The company has implemented a comprehensive safety management system to prevent serious industrial accidents by making all workers voluntarily take part in the process, find out potential risks regarding dangerous facilities and eliminate them or reduce their effects as much as possible.

Alteration Management Committee

SK hynix operates a management committee that assesses changes and how to eliminate any attendant risks.
This is a procedure to examine risks associated with changes in advance and to eliminate potential risks in the case where there are changes to process techniques, facilities and procedures.
SK hynix conducts safety examinations, inspections and follow-up management to prevent risks caused by alterations and revises information on process safety, diagram drawings and regulation documents according to fields to execute safety management to prevent accidents.

SK hynix forms an alteration management committee with specialists from each area and operates it.

* Technical Steering Committee

Alteration Management Committee

Classification

Alteration Management Committee

Stage 1(evaluation)

Evaluation committee for each campus

Stage 2(approval)

SHE TSC *

Supervision

P&S team chief

SHE office head

Cycle

Every other week (second, fourth)

Once a month (first week), execute if necessary

Organization formation

Head of the assessment department appoints the team leader.(part chief-class)

Group chief of the assessment department appoints committee members.(P/L-class)

Repairing of facilities (equipment), replacement of products with same specifications (electric equipment)

Security Work Permission, Work Risk Evaluation

SK hynix has adopted a safety operation permission system which approves operations after evaluating risks in advance in order to prevent safety accidents.
The company permits operations to proceed based on the results of risk evaluations for each workplace and conducts operation safety inspections after assessing potential risks in advance and preparing measures.
In addition, the company checks risks for each stage before, after and in the process of operations to eliminate potential risks caused by unsafe actions and makes every effort to prevent accidents through strengthening safety supervision by checking if safety operation procedures regarding risks are observed while working.

SHE Qualification Upgrading

SK hynix examines emissions of pollutants, such as gases and chemicals, in advance when it designs and produces equipments (facilities) and checks their safety before operating them.
The company checks if all components of equipments and facilities observe SHE H/W requirement specifications and then submits and reviews the results, in order to eliminate irrational situations and to secure fundamental safety.

Safety Security Check in Advance Before Equipment is Received

Provide SHE H/W requirement / These requirements must be observed during manufacturing process

Submit an advance safety certificate to the manufacturing company and check papers / review

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Operation of SHE Experience Education Center

SK hynix has conducted safety, health and environment education in the best interests of its members and regional societies in terms of safety, health and environment issues. The focus of education has changed to direct experience and away from theories.
The company has extended the targets of education from its members to cooperative companies and outside visitors. To cultivate safety awareness and strengthen its ability to cope with disasters and accidents in advance, the company has operated a space to experience various safety rules and learning facilities to experience fire-fighting and evacuation techniques.

Autonomous Activities to Eliminate Potential Risks

SK hynix has executed activities to remove potential risks and promote fundamental safety in order to establish an autonomous safety culture and prevent accidents.
As unsafe acts and situations cause accidents leading to serious accidents, field members have detected risks through voluntary checking, and the company formed a safety consultative body providing technical assistance to improve field members’ capacity and enhance communication with them and removed those risks.

Plans regarding Emergency Response Measures

SK hynix has coped with and controlled emergencies as quickly as possible through monitoring its 24-hour safety and fire-fighting system and prevented proliferation of accidents by operating an emergency control tower.
In preparation for accidents by type (fire, gas, chemical, liquid, and so on) at ordinary times, the company has maintained and repaired equipment for handling emergent situations and secured an ability to evacuate people through conducting evacuation drills for each building.

Emergency call : 031-639-8000(Icheon), 043-280-8000(Cheongju)

Activities for cooperation and coexistence (cooperative companies)

SK hynix operates a program for coexistence and cooperation to promote the sustainable growth of cooperative companies.
SK hynix has acquired a cooperative company safety and health management system certification, assessed risks, educated internal judges, provided educational programs for establishing SHE goals, operated a regular cooperative body to diagnose execution of management systems, to support internal examinations, to secure safety and health capacities of cooperative firms and to prevent accidents, improved irrational field conditions, measured working environments, assisted medical check-ups, offered regular SHE prizes, trained workers to cope with emergencies and provided protective safety equipment.